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Navy Force News - Russia |
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Navy conducts Sea Operations for Ka-52 Helicopters |
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The
Russian Navy is conducting trials to clear the Ka-52 for shipborne operations.
Several Ka-52 helicopters will be procured in the near future by Russian
Navy in order to place them on the future Mistral class vessels.
The tests are taking place in the Northern Fleet using the Vice Adm.
Kulakov (an Udaloy class Destoyer) for at-sea trials. |
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Ka-52 sea trials with Vice Adm. Kulakov
(Copyright: Russian Ministry of Defense) |
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Recent
events demonstrated the powerfull impact ship-based combat helicopters
can have. Indeed the
Royal Navy and Marine Nationale succesfully deployed Apache and Tigre
helicopters on HMS Ocean and Mistral LHDs to support military operations
in Libya.
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